Isaac anderson



. nitrdi tatw 'ISAAC ANDERSON,

OF POLAND, OHIO.

Leners Paramus/108, daad october 5, i869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-LOADER.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that-I, ISAAC ANDERSON, of Poland,

in the county of Mahoning, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Ilr provements in Hay- Loaders; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,A in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus.

Figure 2, a view of the top.

Figure 3, a detached section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views presented. y l

Thisinvention has for its objectvthe unloading of hay, 85e., from a wagon ou te the bay or stack, by the employment of a lifting and carrying-device, consisting of ropes and pulleys, constructed and operated iu the manner as hereinafter described.

In iig. 1, A represents va frame or barn, to which the apparatus is attached, consistingr of a block, B, iu which .are secured the pulleys C DE, over and around which runs the rope F, to which further reference will be made..

In the lower angle of the block is pivoteda toothed wheel, G, also a trip, II, the purpose of which will hereinaterbe shown. f

I is ya frame or block, in which the pulleys J K are secured.

1t will be observed that each of' the four corners of said frame is provided with' a roller, L', the use of which will presently be shown.

M is a yoke, one end of which is pivoted to the fral'ne I, whereas the opposite or free end reaehesfor-- ward, and engages in the teeth oi' the wheel G, as shown in iig. 3.

To one end of the rope F is attached a hay-fork, represented by the weight N, the rope proceeding thence over the pulley E to and around the pulley O; thence, under the pulleys OD, to and over the pulleys P in the bleek I; from thence to the horse or team .whereby Vthe machine is operated.

The practical operation of this apparatus is as follows:

1t is suspended in the barn, as shown in the drawing, in which the block and fork is represented as being over the bay or stack'. From this position the fork is drawn down to the load of. hay, supposed"to be standing by the 'side of the bay or other place of' deposit.

0n thus beingdrawn do\vn,.the block rolls along upon the rope uut-il the wheel G reaches the yoke, tle

end of which immediately slides upon and is caught by the teeth of the wheel, and thereby preventedfrom being drawn hack by the dog or. trip H, by the end a of which falling into a tooth of the wheel at the lower side, thus locking it, and preventing the loaded fork from falling while being raised from the load.

The fork and block, thus locked, is showh'in fig. 3, which is lifted by the team drawing upon the rope F until the upper end of the fork comes in contact with the loop-end of the trip through which the rope isV run. Bly this engagement of the fork with the trip, the opposite end is dislodged from the wheel, which will now revolve and release the yoke therefrom, 'and allow the loaded fork to be moved over on to the hay, the block rolling along upon the rope, which is rendered tautby the drawing of the team.

rlhe contents -of the fork is now discharged by springing the trip of the'forkl in, the usual way, and the apparatus returned to the load by being drawn back by the weight, and to be again loaded and ldrawn up as before. n The purpose of the friction-rollers L, above referred to, is to prevent the wearing of the rope as it may be drawn across the corners, which it is liable to he in consequence of the movements of the team being from a right line with the movement of the block B, hence by this means the rope will run easier and with much less abrasion, and will therefore wear longer than when drawn across a 'rigid corner or corners.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The wheel G and trip H, as arranged, in combination with yoke M, block B, and block I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. g

f ISAAC ANDERSON.

Witnesses J. H. BURRIDGE, W. H. BURRIDGE. 

